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Lions Club Peace Poster

Congratulations to Chloe H  for winning the District and National Multi District Peace Poster Contest. Chloe’s poster was up against 15 other district winners.

On Friday 9th December Chloe, in the presence of her family, was presented with a certificate and $200.00 Officeworks gift cards. Tony Jacobs was presented with the District Plaque. Chloe read out her quote and said that she would like to continue painting.

The presentations were made by Katherine Parzis, V5 Peace Poster Coordinator and Tony Benbow represented the Vermont Lions Club.

Chloe and her parents are invited in January to attend the Lions National Conference, Gold Coast for a presentation of an engraved Trophy.

As the National Multi District winner of Australia, Chloe’s Peace Poster will be representing Australia at the Lions Club International Judging event in May, 2023 at the Lions International Conference, Chicago, USA.

Once again – Congratulations Chloe and good luck in May

Heather Aeschlimann, Learning Specialist Visual Art and Technology

VCE students kicked off transition week with an art experience exploring keys concepts and subject specific language in our very exciting new Study Design Art: Creative Practice. 

Thank you to the whole class who worked so well together to form a very strong foundation for collaboration and dynamic art exploration! 

George Segal 'Depression Bread Line' 1991

Student, Olivia and Lucy wrote this account of our experiential learning experience:

At the beginning of transition week, we explored George Segal’s artwork “Depression Bread Line” using a visual thinking strategy. We discussed the artwork which portrays 5 dark figures standing solemnly in a row outside a building. Segal represents the experience of urban Americans who suffered from hunger during the Great Depression in the 1930’s. 

To initiate and foster a collaborative working and a creative classroom environment, we decided to create our own body of work in response to Segal's artwork. 

We decided to explore our own experiences of waiting in a certain place at school. We took experimented with posture and body language, taking photos to later reference waiting in the locker bays, the girl’s toilets, and the canteen line. We decided upon the line waiting to enter the girls toilets, as we all deeply resonated with the experience of waiting to go to the bathroom. 

George Segal had cast his friends in plaster before making his work in bronze. An alternative for us was to cast our bodies in plastic. The production of our body of work included a lot of plastic materials like glad wrap, tape and bubble wrap. 

To embody our reference images, a volunteer student stood in a similar position to someone waiting in line for the bathroom. The process began by wrapping the classmate in glad wrap and then many layers of tape to create a hard cast. Once these layers were on, we cut down the sides to release the student, taping it back together after. 

This activity taught us to work more collaboratively and to value our bodies as manipulative sculptures to convey an idea. Segal’s work has been a big inspiration for the fabrication of this body of work.

Kelly Stals

Leading Teacher – Head of House